Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 201
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390 PROCEEDINGS AT BOARD MEETINGS. Vacancy on Board. It was remitted to the Ordinary Directors in the Edinburgh Show Division to bring forward the name of a Director 1 fill tl the late Ml‘ JOhn E. B. COWPGL 0 ie vacancy caused by the death of Letters. The following letters were submitted :—- Mrs J. E. B. Cowper, Gogar House, Edinburgh.—Thanking the Directors for letter of sympath , and wreath, 0 th ' f r the late Mr Jehn B. cowper. n e occasion o the death of her husband, Edinburgh Highland Reel and Straths e Soci t .—E ' ‘7 of Grant of £50 for the current year. p y e y xpress‘ng thanks for mnewu] Edinburgh Show, 1939. Accounts.—The Secretary reported that a Summer of the Accounts of Edinburgh Show had that day been submitted to the Finance Committee. Thtdgfx Accounts showed a probable credit balance of about £4852. This was slightlv in excess of the previous highest profit of £4813 at the Dundee Show in 1933. The total attendance at Edinburgh, of those who paid for admission, also con- stituted a record, being 97,272, as compared with 96,340 at the Dundee Show. In reply to a letter of thanks which the Secretary had written to the Corporation of Edinburgh, and in which he reported the record attendance at the Show, the iollowmg reply had been received from the Town Clerk, dated 4th July 1939 :— “ I duly received your letter of 26th ult., which I read to the Town Council at their recent meeting, when it was received by the members with much appreCiation. They share the gratification of your Directors on the succosa of this year’s Show, and I am to assure your Directors that it is a special pleasure for the Town Council at all times to be associated with them in the important work which they carry on so successfully." Dist of .Awards.—A List of Awards at Edinburgh Show was laid on the table. Coloyrmg of Sheep—Sir Joshua Ross-Taylor, Mungoswalls, Duns, Chairman of the-Jomt Committee appointed by the Border Leicester Sheep Society and this Society, reported on the inspection by the Committee of the Sheep exhibits at the Show. They had, he said, an excellent entry of Border Leicester Sheep at the Show, and he would like Breeders to know that the Joint Committee appreciated very much the we they had tried to carry out the somewhat difficult rule. There were two cases 0 exhibits which were slightly over-coloured, but he was glad to say. that, when this was pointed out to the Border Leicester Society’s repre- sentatives on the Joint Committee, they at once agreed to bring the matter in a friendly way to the notice of these Exhibitors. He thought that after this there would not be any further trouble about colouring. Invcrness Show. The Chairman submitted the followin Motion, h' l of the meeting :— g w ic i appeared on the Agenda . “ That the arrangements for the Annual Show, to be held at Inverness in 1940, be not proceeded with." He said it was with very deep regret that he had to move the Motion, but he thought they would all agree that it was impossible for them to proceed, under present Circumstances, with the arrangements for the 1940 Show. There was no other course open to them. The Motion was unanimously agreed to. Future Shows. The Chairman then moved the following Motion :— “ That the next. Show of the Society be held at Inverness, and the following Show at Dundee, in accordance with the order already agreed upon." This Motion was also unanimously adopted. PROCEEDINGS AT BOARD MEETINGS. 391 ” Dry Stone Dyking.” A letter was submitted from Colonel F. Rainsiord-Hannay, Cardoness, Gaiteliouse-oi-Fleet, containing a Report on the Dry Stane Dyking Competition hold in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright on 3rd October, and expressing the thanks of the Committee for the Medals ofiered by the Society. One Medal was returned, due to the fact that in Class B. the Winner worked alone and not as one of a pair. Classification of Seed Potatoes. A letter was read from the Department of A riculture for Scotland to the effect that in view of the present situation it ha been decided, in consultation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, to defer consideration of altering the Seeds (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations, 1936, as affecting Seed Potatoes. Ministry of Food. A Memorandum prepared by the National Farmers‘ Union and Chamber of Agriculture of Scotland, dated 13th October, dealing with Schemes sfiocting Agriculture which were being brought into operation by the Ministry of Food, was submitted. It was decided to remit the Memorandum to the following Special Committee to take such action thereon as they might consider desirable : Mr J. W. Alexander, Mr William 1. Elliot, Mr James Hope, Mr Finlay MacGillivray, Mr James M‘Laren, Mr James Paton, Sir Joshua Ross-Taylor, Mr Thomas Templeton, Mr James Wither, with the Chairman, Treasurer, and Honorary Secretary, ex ofllciia. Sheep Industry. A letter was submitted from the Scottish Land and Property Federation, dated 19th October, with regard to the critical position of the Sheep Industry. It was decided that this letter be also remitted to the Committee above- mentioned. Proclor’s “ Tripod ” Harvesting System. A letter was read from Mr John R. Dale, Auldhame, North Berwick, with regard to Proctor’s “Tripod” Harvesting System, which was given an award of £100 by the Society in 1934. In the Judges’ Report at that time it was stated that " the general use of this (Proctor’s) System would result in a large financial gain to the Country." Along with the letter Mr Dale sent samples of hay which had been harvested by Proctor’s System, and, for comparison, samples of hay secured in the ordinary way. He thought this System, if generally adepted, would do more to keep Scottish Farming going than anything that had been brought forward for a long time. He suggested that the Society do something to help Mr Proctor to carry on his good work and bring his System into general use. After discussion, it was moved by the Master of Polwarth, and seconded by Mr James Hope, that a small Committee be appointed to meet Mr Dale and discuss the matter. Mr Scott Aiton moved, and Mr J. W. Alexander seconded, that no action be taken on the lines proposed in the meantime. On a vote being taken, 12 voted for the Amendment and 12 for the Motion. The Chairman gave his casting vote for the Amendment. The decision of the Meeting was accordingly that no action be taken in the meantime. National Diploma in Dairying. Colonel F. J. Carruthers of Dormont, Convener of the Education Committee, submitted the following Report on the Examination for the National Diploma in Dairying held at Reading and Auchincruive in September :— “ The Forty-fourth Annual Examination for the National Diploma in Dairying took place during September at the Dairy School for Scotland, Aucliincruive, Ayr, for Scottish students, and at the University and British Dairy Institute, Reading, for English and Welsh students. |
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